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I don't want a copy of EQ. If they copy the original and then just put it into an upgraded engine, it will flop.

I want the same developers who made EQ1 and also fresh ideas (which they have, on both accounts) to take what made EQ1 great and put those elements, plus more in a very updated Everquest world.

From what I have seen and read, this is exactly what they are doing. They have some of the best and most innovative minds on MMO creation and they basically sat at a table for months deciding what made the world(s) great, what players liked, what they didn't like and what new ideas would be fun. Their 'Holy Grails' as they put it. Ideas that every MMO designer has always wanted, but never achieved. And they have the funding to back prolonged development so they can achieve those goals.

Wrap that inside an Everquest shell, yum. I've been eagerly awaiting news about EQNext since I first heard about it years ago, the closer it gets, the more I want it.

As long as it isn't close to the same random crap that gets released now a days, it will be great. Hell, at this point in MMO's they could take SWG and reskin it as EQ and it would be a success. I'm pretty sure that's not what they are doing though.

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Nothing will ever be like Everquest or Vanilla WoW ever again, the market is saturated with mmorpgs. The excitement of a new entertainment type has been thinned out so much that the adventure will never be the same.

No matter what the graphics look like, the movement enhancements that have been made, or any of the newer bells and whistles added, or the general gameplay improvements, it will never be like EQ. We are all chasing fleeting memories that are all gone. /cries.

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Well the second poster got it right when mentioning the word "disgruntled".I was there during the release of EQ2 and i saw a lot of angry chat over Eq2.

At the time i was totally not liking it but now from my own perspective i can understand it but in a different way.You see i am a long time fan of FFXI and when FFXIV came out i was not happy.However i wasn't happy because i WANTED FFXIV to be greast,i wanted to move on to another game.

In case of Eq1>EQ2 what i saw was a lot of complaining that EQ2 was not like EQ1.I thought it was childish nonsense because if you want EQ1,it is already there go play it.To be honest the two games were near identical,just Eq2 looks a ton better.

I am about 95% certain that Next will be a lot like EQ1 and like EQ2,including perhaps some LORE and maybe a repeat of the HERITAGE idea.SOE is not so brilliant on new ideas,so yes i see expect some copying,linear questing ect ect,if you like another Wow clone.

What i believe SOE is banking on is ONE gimmick,that is about SOE's capacity for NEW ideas.I believe it will be focused on PLOTS via cash shop using a sort of Minecraft idea.In other words some overlying gimmick but the game play will still be the same old WOWesqe type game.

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Originally posted by Whesky

Just a question. I haven't read anything that says it would be like Everquest 1. And I see so such high expectations from the EQ vets, so I wonder where all this hope and expectation for it to be like EQ1 comes from?

My impression, from what i've read and heard, is that it will be "different" from both EQ1 and EQ2, those games will still be there when EQN launches. They wanted to create a completely new game with EQN.